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What Feature would you like to see included within TaleSpire?
Tabletop simulator has a feature to transform a PNG image into a miniature, in the style of a paper miniature. This would be a very welcome feature for Talespire, as this would automatically make the miniature library virtually infinite. But in my view to make this feature more suited to Talespire's visual style, instead of being a miniature in a plane mesh, some thickness could be added between the front and back images of the creature or character.
What situations would this Feature be useful?
In the current state of Talespire I see that this is still a suitable solution, but in fact there are 2 counterpoints to this feature.
1-Of course, the game master can use an Imp miniature to indicate the location on the map for the Abyss lord, but it's not visually intuitive. Now creating a miniature for all sorts of situations is in the short term unfeasible, so having the ability to turn an image into a thumbnail is important.
2- With the addition of support for Heroforge part of this issue is resolved, but (in my point of view) Heroforge adds a new issue, Heroforge plans are abusive, signing up for the monthly subscription plan gives you only 5 miniatures per month , and if you need more miniatures for your session in that month you will have to pay extra. In fact I understand that Talespire has already planned a miniature creator (which I hope is not abusive like Heroforge) but this is a feature that has no release date(understandably).
In summary, my Feature proposal solves this problem, since there is a much larger amount of images than 3d miniatures, with that, the game master would have a lot of freedom to create his monsters and their stories, as this way he is not limited to the available miniatures in Talespire, and does not need to pay an extra to another company to have miniatures for his characters and monsters.
Additional Thoughts/Details
I can also fully understand if this feature is rejected, as there are plans for a miniature creation tool, but having this feature in Early access would improve people's view of Talespire, as this small addition gives much more freedom to the game master create his world.
Also don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing the addition of support to Heroforge, for many this is a very welcome Feature, and I really hope to see Talespire grow, but there are also a lot of people who are not willing to pay high prices to have a fun RPG adventure.
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